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The AskAway Actions and Achievements 2018 is now available.

This year’s report features:

Arca Actions & Achievements 2018 is now available!

In addition to highlights of the year and a financial breakdown, this year's report shares stories from our Arca community. Read about:

Provider neutral BC Legislative Library MARC records for September, October & November 2018 are now available for free download on the Legislative Library MARC Records page.

Questions? Contact:

The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) is seeking an Executive Director for an initial three-year term starting August 2019. Applications should be submitted on or before February 4.

See more at: https://coppul.ca/blog/2019/01/coppul-executive-director-search

Dive into AskAway news with the AskAway Chat Box December 2018:

• Reaching off-campus and distance students with chat reference
• Spotlight on promotion with College of the Rockies Library
• Improving AskAway visibility in EBSCO and ProQuest databases
• Update on the AskAway software evaluation
• And more!

Read the Chat Box December 2018

CRKN has announced that as of January 1, 2019, 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage will be available at no charge to users. The Canadiana collections are the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world. The removal of the subscription paywall will allow unimpeded access to this unique historical content for researchers, students, faculty, and all users in Canada and around the world.

The latest OutLook OnLine Newsletter is out and it’s jam packed with useful information!

Intersections: Peoples and Places in British Columbia
BC Studies Conference, Thompson Rivers University, May 2-4, 2019

Thompson Rivers University is proud to host the international, multidisciplinary BC Studies Conference on the theme of Intersections: Peoples and Places in British Columbia, May 2-4, 2019.

TRU invites proposals for panels and papers on all areas of research on British Columbia, including those that address intersections within and between peoples and places throughout the province.

What do students do with WriteAway feedback? Learn the answer in the WriteAway Actions & Achievements 2017 report:

https://bceln.ca/sites/default/files/reports/Actions_Achievements_WriteAway_2017.pdf

Also included in the report: